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the tentsאָהֳלֵיof Edomאֱדוֹםand the Ishmaelites,וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִיםMoabמוֹאָבand the Hagrites,וְהַגְרִים
Psalms 83:6
Study it in the app“the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 83:6, word by word
- the tentsאָהֳלֵיahole
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appears- of Edomאֱדוֹםedom
Edom
See it on the mapWhere else “edom” appears- and the Ishmaelitesיִשְׁמְעֵאלִיםyishmelim
Ishmaelite
Ishmaelite: a descendant of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar.
Where else “yishmelim” appears- Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- and the Hagritesהַגְרִיםhagrim
Hagrite
Hagrite: a member of a people of herdsmen who lived east of Gilead, against whom the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fought.
Where else “hagrim” appears
Translation note
“The Hagrites”: a nomadic people east of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 5:10).
Places in this verse
1Edom
Today: southern Jordan and the southern Negev
A mountain region south of the Dead Sea, in what is now southwest Jordan.
The Edomites came from Esau, Jacob's brother (Gen 36:1). Edom would not let Israel pass through its land (Num 20:14-21).
2Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
5For they have consulted with one heart together; against you they make a covenant,
6 · This verse (above)
7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;